Expression of beta-endorphin and micro-opioid receptor during wound healing process in rat with deep partial-thickness scald / 中华烧伤杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the expression of beta-endorphin and micro-opioid receptor (MOR) during wound healing process in rat with deep partial-thickness scald.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Thirty-six Wistar rats were randomly divided into control( n = 6, without treatment) , and scald ( n = 30, with 5% TBSA deep-partial thickness scald) groups. Skin specimens from wound were harvested immediately after scald and on 3, 7, 14, 21 post-scald days( PSD) for the determination of 1-endorphin and MOR expression with immunofluorescent staining.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>beta-endorphin and MOR were mainly distributed in nerve terminal at the border of dermis and epidermis , keratinocyte in some epidermis , in the fibroblast in dermis , with a weak expression The expression of beta-endorphin peaked in whole layer of skin on 3 PSD( 196 +/-16, P <0. 01) ,while that of MOR was concentrated in keratinocytes in the basal layer and the basement membrane. The expression of MOR was strengthened on 7 PSD with disarrangement of collagen , and it peaked on 14 PSD (306 +/- 23, P < 0.01) with epithelization in some wounds. There was still strong expression of beta-endorphin on 7 and 14 PSD. Complete epithelization was observed in scald group on 21 PSD, with nerve terminal approaching the boundary between the dermis and epidermis, and collagen began to arrange in good order. The expression of P-endorphin in scald group (31 +/-24)was similar to that in control group(30 +/- 18) on 21 PSD, but the expression of MOR (56 +/- 16) was still higher than that in control group (28 +/- 15 ).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The expression of MOR and P-endorphin exhibits chronobiological nature during the process of wound healing,</p>

Effects of 8 Hz,90 dB/130 dB infrasound on expression of NMDAR1 in hippocampus of rat / 中华物理医学与康复杂志

Objective To study the effect of infrasound on the changes of expression of NMDAR1 in hipp- ocampal cells.Methods Eighty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into eleven groups:control group,90 dB/1 d,7 d,14 d,21 d and 28 d infrasound exposed groups;130 dB/1 d,7 d,14 d,21 d and 28 d infra- sound exposed groups.All the animals in the test groups were put in an infrasound field with 8 Hz,90 dB or 130 dB for 2 hours daily.Immunohistochemistry methods were used to detect the changes of intracellular expression of NMDARI in hippocampal cells.Methods The expression of NMDAR1 in hippocampus after the rats were exposed to infrasound of 8 Hz,90 dB SPL showed a procedure from reducing on the 1st day to rising on the 7th and peaked on the 14th day,then to descending on 21st day and returning to the standard level on the 28th day.Exposure to infra- sound of 8 Hz,130 dB SPL induced opposite effects on the expression of NMDAR1 compared with 90 dB SPL,which showed a process of increasing,descending,reaching to the lowest,then ascending and returning to the normal.The lowest expression of NMDAR1 occurred on the 14th day in every observed hippocampal area.Conclusion 8 Hz, 90 dB/130 dB infrasound induced certain reversible reaction in the expression of NMDAR1 of hippoeampal cells in rats,which may disturb their learning and memory function.